Zither (koto)

19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Paulownia and other woods, lacquer work, tortoiseshell, ivory, silver

Dimensions Length 190.9 cm, width 25 cm, height 15.7 cm (Length 75 3/16 in in., width 9 13/16 in., height 6 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the New England Conservatory of Music

Accession Number2005.212

Provenance2005, gift of the New England Conservatory to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2005)

Rokudan no Shirabe ("Composition in Six Movements"), mid-1600s

Composed by Yatsuhashi Kengyo

Performed by Ayakano Cathleen Read on a koto, made by Yoshida, Tokyo, 1974